The Allied Bombing of Central Italy: The Restoration of the Nile Mosaic and Sanctuary of Fortuna at Palestrina

This book examines the results of the Second World War Allied bombing campaign on Palestrina and Rome, Italy, and the long-term impact of the war on the mountainside town and on the Barberini family’s art collection including the Nile Mosaic.

Professor Teresa Fava Thomas, Ph.D. teaches at Fitchburg State University (Massachusetts). Her research interest is modern Italy. She has published: The Reluctant Migrants: Migration from the Italian Veneto, and American Arabists, as well as ＂Italian Diaspora in a Massachusetts Mill Town: Migration between Palestrina, Italy and Southbridge, Massachusetts＂ (2021).